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Bumble-Bee is an informal term describing a New Zealand railway locomotive livery (resulting from the combination of black and yellow in the colour scheme) found in common usage amongst the railfan community. The livery, first introduced in May 2001 to promote level crossing safety to replace the Cato Blue livery and was initially trialled on Tranz Rail locomotive DC 4323, and over time was applied to numerous other locomotive classes up until 5 May 2004, when Toll Rail took over the rail system, and introduced the Corn-Cob livery.
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The first four locomotives that were repainted in the livery received the Tranz Rail "winged' logo. The logo was then replaced with "TR" sloping block letters, which most of the rest of the locomotives that were repainted in the livery received, including two which had received the livery with the Tranz Rail logo. Three locos never received branding when they were repainted in the livery. DC 4185 initially didn't receive branding either when it was repainted, but the sloping block letters were later applied to the loco.
As of January 2017, only four DCs, one DSC and three EFs still operate in this livery.
Variations
A few locomotives had been repainted in variations of this livery:
Locomotives that wore/wear the Bumble Bee livery
DC class:
DCP class:
DFB class:
DFT class:
DH class:
DSC class:
DSG class:
DSJ class:
DXB class:
DXC class:
EF class:
TR class: